Utilization Pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Fracture Patients: A Taiwan Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Database of fracture period group.

	Early period	Middle period	Late period	P value
Number of sex				0.185
Male	106	218	130
Female	127	276	156
Age ±SD	48.10±18.28	48.65±16.74	49.97±16.45	0.419
No. of case fracture site
Skull and neck	3	6	6	0.570
Trunk	42	110	63
Upper limb	107	213	111
Lower limb	81	165	106
Number of visit ±SD	1.39±0.73	3.06±2.72	3.70±3.81	N/A

Average numbers of herbal products: formulas were 2.78 types and single herbs were 6.47 types prescription by TCM doctor in each visit.